Thomas hobbes - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Which leading political thinker is given credit for his influence on the separation of powers? - Answer-Charles-Louis Montesquieu "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." In which document are these words written by Thomas Jefferson? - Answer-the Declaration of Independence Why is Tocqueville still relevant today? - Answ...

John Locke is cited for influencing our founding fathers with the phrase "life, liberty, and property," a phrase which was modified slightly by Thomas Jefferson when he wrote "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." In which document are these words written by Thomas Jefferson? - Answer-the Declaration of Independence Whi...

Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration - ️️Was longer and contained more criticism of King George Which of the following writers did not directly influence Jefferson's writing of the Declaration of Independence? - ️️Thomas Hobbes Thomas Jefferson was born in - ️️Rural Virginia Patrick Henry introduced what important change in mindset at the first Continental congress - ️️That the colonists should consider themselves American not Virginians, New Yorkers, etc T...

Henry de Bracton - Established precedence - court cases that have already been determined. Common Law says that you should follow precedent. Shire Reeves - Top law enforcement official who came before the sheriff position was created Tithing - every freeman belonged to a group of 10 freemen. If anyone injured someone outside of the tithing, all ten members would be forced to pay. Vicarious Liability - Business partnerships use the same concept of collective liability. If one partner is irr...

It will be updated to contain all the information before the exam. This summary contains all the material that has been discussed in the lectures, the book, and the additional readings. All chapters of the book 'Justice' by Michael Sandel are summarised by topic. It includes the information discussed in all the lectures and the quizzes that are mandatory with my own answers.

natrual rights CORRECT ANSWERS: Life, Liberty, and Property John Locke CORRECT ANSWERS: 17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property. State of Nature CORRECT ANSWERS: Hypothetical condition assumed to exist in the absence of government where human beings live in "complete" freedom and general equality. Due Process CORRECT ANSWERS: involves the government's obligation to trea...

1. Ethical dilemmas arise when a. norms and values are in conflict. b. there is only one alternative course of action available. c. norms and values are not in conflict. d. there are several theories of ethical decision making. e. All of these are correct. ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: Purpose of the Chapter QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering DATE CREATED: 4/11/2018 3:19 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/11/2018 3:...

Wgu C963 - American Politics And The US Constitution 2023 GRADED A+ Wgu C963 - American Politics And The US Constitution 2023 GRADED A+ natrual rights ANSWER - Life, Liberty, and Property John Locke ANSWER - 17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property. State of Nature ANSWER - Hypothetical condition assumed to exist on the absence of government where human beings live on "...

End of Semester Test: World History A (for Edmentum / Plato) Already Passed Q 1 Type the correct answer in the box Identify the type of source based on the information provided A historian found a journal belonging to an ancient Indian princess. The princess liked to keep a record of all the royal women of her dynasty who lived before her time. She tried to collect as much accurate information about their history as possible. Her joumal is a great source of historical information Based on th...

Government - Answer-Any system for implementing decisions made through a political process Politics - Answer-Process of determining what government does Philosophy - Answer-the study of the fundamental nature of reality, knowledge, and how to live (also translated to the love of wisdom) Political Philosophy (Theory) - Answer-part of ethics, ethics applied to groups of people. Asks what the government should be doing. Metaphysics - Answer-study of what is real Epistemology - Answer-study o...